linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH -next] ocxl: Fix return value check in afu

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Date:   Mon, 6 May 2019 00:22:46 +1000
From:   Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>,
        Frederic Barrat <fbarrat@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Alastair D'Silva" <alastair@...ilva.org>
Cc:     linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kernel-janitors@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH -next] ocxl: Fix return value check in afu_ioctl()

On 4/5/19 5:04 pm, Wei Yongjun wrote:
> In case of error, the function eventfd_ctx_fdget() returns ERR_PTR() and
> never returns NULL. The NULL test in the return value check should be
> replaced with IS_ERR().
> 
> This issue was detected by using the Coccinelle software.
> 
> Fixes: 060146614643 ("ocxl: move event_fd handling to frontend")
> Signed-off-by: Wei Yongjun <weiyongjun1@...wei.com>

Acked-by: Andrew Donnellan <ajd@...ux.ibm.com>

> ---
>   drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c | 4 ++--
>   1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c b/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
> index 8aa22893ed76..2870c25da166 100644
> --- a/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
> +++ b/drivers/misc/ocxl/file.c
> @@ -257,8 +257,8 @@ static long afu_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd,
>   			return -EINVAL;
>   		irq_id = ocxl_irq_offset_to_id(ctx, irq_fd.irq_offset);
>   		ev_ctx = eventfd_ctx_fdget(irq_fd.eventfd);
> -		if (!ev_ctx)
> -			return -EFAULT;
> +		if (IS_ERR(ev_ctx))
> +			return PTR_ERR(ev_ctx);
>   		rc = ocxl_irq_set_handler(ctx, irq_id, irq_handler, irq_free, ev_ctx);
>   		break;
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Andrew Donnellan              OzLabs, ADL Canberra
ajd@...ux.ibm.com             IBM Australia Limited